Summary of Trieste
“Trieste” tells the story of Haya, an elderly woman living near the Italian-Slovenian border, who looks forward to reuniting with her son. The father of her son was an SS officer, and the boy was taken from her and raised in Germany. While part of the novel delves into what happened to the boy, the main focus is on the fate of the Italian Jews imprisoned at the San Sabba concentration camp near Trieste.
Reasons to read Trieste
“Trieste” is a moving documentary novel about the persecution of Jews in Northern Italy during the Second World War. The novel incorporates historical documents, photographs, and the names of Jewish victims. Daša Drndić was a distinguished Croatian writer. She received the prestigious Croatian Kiklop literary award twice – first for “Trieste” in 2007 and later for “Belladonna” in 2013. “Trieste” also earned the Croatian Fran Galović Award in 2007. The English translation was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2013.
Setting: Trieste, Gorizia (Italy)
Original title: Sonnenschein
Year of publication: 2007
Nr of pages: 368
